Residentials for trans and non-binary youth

Since 2010, Gendered Intelligence has taken young trans and non-binary people on a camping trip every summer. Last year we ran our biggest summer camp ever, Super Camp, to celebrate our 10th anniversary. Over 150 young people aged 18-25 and 30 volunteers spent a week in the countryside in a beautiful space that celebrated what it means to be trans and gender diverse.

This year we are running a summer camp for 11-17 year olds.

Information about this year's youth summer camp

⛺️Dates for camp for 11-17 year olds: Friday 2nd - Mon 5th August

⛺️ Booking for camp opens on Saturday, 11th of May

⛺️There will be no camp this year for young people aged 18+.

Booking information for 2019

More info about booking for our 11-17 trans youth Summer camp.

In order to attend camp, you will also need to attend the Camp Preparation day in London on Saturday 13th July.

Booking for camp will open at 11am on Saturday 11th May.

There is a form you will need to complete in order to book your space - find the link at the bottom of this post. It will open on Saturday.

To complete this form, you will need the following information:

The number of times you have been to GI camp before

Which fee you can afford for camp (see below for more information)

An email address and phone number we can use to contact you

Any health needs or access needs

Any allergies

Any medications (including name, amounts and when you take them)

The name and postcode of your GP surgery

The names and phone numbers of 2 people we can contact about you in an emergency

Whether you would like to buy a camp hoodie for £15 – and if so, your size.

More information on camp fees:
Although we have been successful this year in obtaining money for camp, this does not cover all our costs. Therefore, we ask that people coming on camp pay what they can for their space.

Support for this year's camp

More information on our decision to not run an 18+ camp this year from our Youth Work team

Last year we celebrated GI's 10 year anniversary with a week long Super Camp for 18-25 year olds. We learnt a lot about ourselves, our community and about camp. Super Camp was the result of 2 years of intensive planning. It was beautiful and exhausting. One of the things that came out of Super Camp was our team's desire for more training and we know in the long-term this will support all our young people, too. That is why this year we have made the hard decision to run a workers training course and an unders camp, with no camp for our 18+ young people. It wasn't an easy decision to make. But we think you'll be OK. We remember the support and love you showed one another on Super Camp, as well as your determination and resourcefulness. So our hope for you this year is that, rather than feel dissapointed that we will not be camping with you, you will self-organise. Dig out those numbers from last summer, get in touch with the people you met on Super Camp, reach out to those who weren't there, and plan Camping trips of your own. On Super Camp we talked about sending more love out into the world and creating more change, 2019 is your year to make it happen - for the world and for yourselves.

We hope to see some of you on the training course and at various Pride events this summer. Take care of yourselves and each other,

Finn, Jake & the Youth Work Team

What the young trans people thought about our camping trip:

"I learnt a lot and had so much fun for the first time in a long time. I didn't want to leave, it was like a little piece of paradise. I can't wait until the next one!" - Youth group member

"Camp was a place I could be myself, a place where I didn’t worry about gender or the world outside, a place to forget about my problems for 4 days" - Youth group member

"I really enjoyed archery, but what I liked best was just hanging out and chatting by the camp fire each night." - Youth group member

"It was muddy, but still fantastic!" - Youth group member

"I wish every day was camp!" - Youth group member

"I made some really good friends on camp and now feel less alone in the world.” - Youth group member